Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-21

had already q up and expressed tneII
opipions. believe that by political
m~anipuiati0ns during oar recent campaign
that caucus had in part long ago been
held. / further believed that a man Wonin
be selected by that caucus whom
| considered untitled by his interests ana
connections to represent the people OF TINS
State. i submit to no party usage, care
not how time honored, that can be MADE
to bind me to do what | believe TO be un-
doubtedIy against the good OF the people
! Unequal and incompetent us | feel to the
task, | am bound to consult my own con-
science and Judgment in the matter, ana
then il / 90 wrong / have an answer and
defense good everywhere and for all time,
that l thought | was right.
|. Relieving that the election Of Senator
Camden is Strengthening the already 100
strong, widening the gulf that too often
separates our representatives from the peo-
pie, barring to an extent the halls OF Con-
grees against all except the wealthy; be
lieying this could | Justify my vote Tor
Senator Camden on the ground OF some
threatening danger overriding every con-
sideration, as for instance, danger from
our common enemy, the Republicans?
Feeling in this way, | sought this
Democratic minority which has been so
cussed by many Democrats and careSsed
10y many Republicans land permit me to
saw that the Republican CareSSes are the
hardest to bear As | say / sought this
squad of black sheep, told them how !
looked at this matter, told them | had no
candidate in the race, that l Joined them
with the express understanding that they
had no candidate, but that we all ought to
obtain the same object and were bound
together TO vindicate and perpetuate II
possible what We conceived TO be
Democratic principles. | told them fur
Their that whenever il appeared that this
move was in the interest of any particular
person, or to crafty any ~revengelul feel
ing or disappointment that / was not one
Of them.
Il disclaimed the role of dictator to the
majoity, and told the minority also hat
did not intend, so far as | was concerned,
to allow the Republicans to help name the
man where the people had denied them
that right ut the polls. All |
asked was an honorable compromise. |
hoped that out oil the many eminent men
III tuC EDltllt VIC HlllOillg HliSub CIV OhN
upon whom all, ut least enough to elect,
might unite. So far us l know this com
pact has been scrupulOusly observed, and
| now wish the minority to understand,
and the majority to understand that when
one article of that compact is broken that
| know the way to the Democratic major
ity Us water knows the way down hill by
the lay of the ground, and that after
dark"
MIR. M'CREERY
said that it had been reported to him that
| the gentleman from Jefferson had bOlted
the Convention ut Keyser, and since that
time the large Democratic majority i'll that
district had dwindled down to almost
nothing.
Mr.. Lucas: after that time | received
600 majority ~ an Elcctor in that dis
trict.
Mr.. MgCreery: THAT was Mr.. Cleve-
lands popularity"
MR.. KIDD,
in again s~cconding the nomination Of
Senator Camden, said:
al had hoped, yea, almost prayed that
all diSSensiOn and strife might be healed
aud that the great Democratic heart Of
this State would again beat in unison and
IA Democratic Senator be elected long be-
tore this. 1t is no longer Il
fight against Camden or any
other Democrat. This fight is the
Democratic party orno Democratic party.
The question is, shall the organization of
the Democratic party he maintained? !
have all my life been Il Democrat. | was
rocked in Il Democratic cradle. | imbibUd
| the principles of true Democracy from the
hour of my blIth, ana it has grown rs |
have grown, and strengthened ~ | have
| strengthened. and | stand here to-day adj
vocatiug and fighting lor what | have
always been taught to believe was the
time-honorcd principle of that party, that
the viii of the majority was the primary
principle of the Democratic party.
~ have been asked, when will the
thirty-eight abandon their choice and elect
u Senator. | speak Tor myself, now, and
| hope | speak ion all, when | say that if
this Joint assembly would meet day after
day | would vote for the nominee of the
Democratic caucus until my voice became
too weak To utter the name, and then !
would write il until my hand was 50
p,l>icd that it would no longer hold the
pan. have always in this contest sought
to he fair and honest.
"Why has the fight been made ON Mr..
Camden? In anSwe to that question |
will say that | was nominated in my COun-
ty without opposition and without any ct
fort upon my part, and it was known t.
every man, and child that | WAS
an advocate of Mr.. Camden'S reelection to
the United States Senate, and ! am here
representing the feelings of myself and my
own county. In lSSO | was II
delegate to the Congressional Con
vention at Fairmont and east the
vote of my county all day for Mr.. Martin.
| was informed that the gentleman from
Jefferson and Judge Hoge entered into an
unhOly alliance, by which Judge IIogc
WAS to have the nomination of the gentle
man from Jefferson, was TO succeed him
two years later
Mr.. LucaS-''lf ii was charged then that
| entered into any unholy alliance the
charge is false"
Mr.. Kidd-"Well, | will say this: One
of Mr.. Lucas friends said to ME in 1SS2
that he knew a written bargain was made
between the two men, because, he said,
he was present when it was drawn up,
signed and sealed"
Mr.. Lucas-"Then l say that is as false
rs the other
Mr.. Kidd-"Then | say your bosom
friend made the false statement. l will
ask you Lucas if your whole fight was
not made in 1882, under that agreement
that Judge lIoge was to retire and you
were to receive the nomination"
Mr.. LucaS-"NO, sir"
Mr.. Kidd.-"Well, sir, your bosom
friend claimed that such a contract had
been made aud on that account Judge
H0Sc should retire from the race in your
favor and you remained silent and never
refuted the statement"
Mr.. Lucas-"I say there was no unholy
alliance, and it was not signed by Judge
Hoge or myself. Our friends entered into
some agreement
Mr.. Kidd:-"Well, there was a bargain
any way. Two years later than that, |
was present at the convention held at
EevSpr the home of the nTeSidinr officer